Billiard-cue lock



v A. C. TYSON.

BILLIARD CUE LOCK.

' APPLICATION FILED mzc.20. 19w.

Patentd June 8, 1920;

Envawtoz UNITED srArs ANDREW CLAUDE TYSON, OE KIS S IlVIMEE, FLORIDA.

, BILLIARD-CUE LOCK.

Specificationof Letters. Patent.

Patented June 8,1920.

Application. filed December 20, 1919. Serial No. 346,241. v

ing as a safe keeping for cues of individual players. Y

A further object of the invention is to provide'a locking device adapted for application to racks of known type, without alteration of the construction of the rack, and provided with means for lOCklllgthe same in closed positions so as to permit the same to be opened, only by one possessing the necessary key.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combina tion and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 a front elevation of a rack provided with my improved one look;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view, and showing the hinged sections of the locking device swung outwardly in dotted lines, the section being taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and with a portion of one member broken away at its lock, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail, in which like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 10 indicates a rack of known or any preferred construction for supporting a series of cues 11 for playing billiards or pool. includes the base portion 12 of the usual flanged type provided with sockets for receiving the handle or large ends of the cues, while the upper portion thereof is provided As indicated, this rack with a top section 13 provided with openings,

for receiving. the tip ends of the cues therethrough. The rack may be provided with the usual backing, which includes vertical end members 14- connectedby the upiper'and lower cross members described.

The locking device includes an elongated body: member15- which is disposed parallel to the top and bottom members 1.3 and 12 and between the sa1ne, the ends of the body member 15 being recessed or 'rabbeted as shown at 16; to receive the endmembers 14 therein, inorder that the inner face of the body member 15 wi1l lie flush with the inner facesof' the end members 14 while the outer face of the body member 15 will be disposed member with the ends abutting and disposed in co-extensive relation. J

The forward face of the body member and the rear face ofthe members or sections 18 are each provided with semi-circular recesses disposed in registration, to provide circular openings 20 for receiving the ones 11 therethrough. When the hinged members or sections 18 are in the positions stated, they'are held secured in looking position by locking members 21 mounted near the ends of the members l8'and co-acting with suitable keepers 22 carried by the body 15, the same being snap locks which are key operated as of the type provided with sliding tumblers common in the well known Yale or Harvard locks. By locking each section in the manner{ stated, the cues are prevented from being removed and thus the cues of the particular players are pro-"- tected from use by any other than the per: son reserving them. Obviously the lock may be openedby anyone possessing the necessary key, in order to obtain access to and remove the cues as desired. The device will not interfere with, the convenientapplication and removal of the ones as ordinarily possible when the hinged sections or mem view and are inaccessible, thereby preventing the same from being detached from the back.

By mounting the locking device as a barv rier across the rack and receiving or engaging the intermediate portions of the cues, it

will be seen that it will be impossible to lift the handle, ends of the cues from their sockets in the base member 12 and removing the same by dropping their tip portions from,

the top member-13 of the rack, unless the hinged sections of the locking device are unlocked and vswung outwardly. Since access to the rack by aproper key, by one anthorized to remove the cues, unauthorized use of the cues is prevented whereby individual players may be guaranteed the sole use of the cues.

Having thus described the invention What I claim is:

1. A billiard one locking device for one racks, comprising a body member having means for securing the same to the rack, said body member having semi-circular recesses in its front face, keepers carried by said body member, hinged sections mounted at the ends of the body member, and being adapted to be brought into abutting relation at their inner ends when closed against the body member, said hinge member having recesses corresponding to the first mentioned recesses and adapted to register therewith when the hinged members are closed against the body member, and key operated locking devices carried by the free end portions of the hinged sections cooperating with said keepers to secure the hinge members against said. body member, whereby to retain the cues in position.

2. A locking device for cue racks provided with a body member having one receiving sockets and a top member-having apertures receiving the cue tips therethrough, and end members connecting said top and bottom members, an elongated body member having its end portions recessed and secured to said end members, sections hinged at their outer ends to the ends of the body member, securing means for the body member at the end thereof adapted to be concealed by said hinged section when closed against the body member, locking devices for securing the free ends of the hinged section against the body member, and said body member and hinged sectionsbeing provided with coact- I ing recesse for receiving cues.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature 1n the presence of two witnesses.-

ANDREW CLAUDE TYs'oN. Witnesses:

G. P. GARRETT, RHEA PHERIGO. 

